Arena Mode
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I'm sure we'll have at least one Arena Server for some time after the update releases.
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It's really just CS:S for TF... but frankly, I enjoy CS:S, so that's a good thing. This means that I don't really have to play counterstrike now... I can get it all trough TF2!
There are 5 arena maps. I'd love to see a rotation server with all of them.
Agreed. I can't really see a 24/7 of one of the maps drawing a lasting crowd. People will get bored with playing the same map over and over again, but if there's a rotation, you'll get a lot of variety.
This would be awesome.
Woo - can anybody say Rocket Arena with classes? Loads of fun!
I once ran a Quake 2 RA2 clan many moons ago... this brings back memories... good memories at that.
As far as rotation... nah - just pick a good arena map and stick to it. RA2/RA3 servers would run with the same map for years and people would still flock to them.
I once ran a Quake 2 RA2 clan many moons ago... this brings back memories... good memories at that.
As far as rotation... nah - just pick a good arena map and stick to it. RA2/RA3 servers would run with the same map for years and people would still flock to them.
Definitely. Since arena matches are so short you'll need to have a good rotation to keep players in the server longer. I really hope eGO gets at least 1 arena server, I haven't played the map and would love to play it for the first time on eGO territory.
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The arena maps are a lot more fun than I thought they'd be. They're pretty fast paced, but they definitely require teamwork. One thing I also noticed was it definitely makes the medic's Kritzkreig far more useful than it is on other maps. Sometimes you don't have enough time on the map to get a normal uber, but I was charging Kritz just about every round, and even if you take out one or two people with it, that's helpful to the team.
Sadly, it seems either the server or the map are having issues. I know there were a couple times there where my entire team crashed. I crashed a couple times myself. Morbo told me he was getting errors, but mine just froze up.
Anyhow, had a lot of fun testing it out tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing how these work out with full teams and people starting to figure out some strategies. Thanks for the server, council!
Sadly, it seems either the server or the map are having issues. I know there were a couple times there where my entire team crashed. I crashed a couple times myself. Morbo told me he was getting errors, but mine just froze up.
Anyhow, had a lot of fun testing it out tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing how these work out with full teams and people starting to figure out some strategies. Thanks for the server, council!
I played arena on some non-ego servers last night, for the most part I'm not a fan. I'd survive about a minute or so then get killed then have to wait another minute or two for a new round again. Not that much fun when you spend more than half your time waiting around to respawn. I think its great the clan is bringing these maps in though, I'm sure not everyone feels the same way about it as I do.
Arena = Sudden Death on a smaller map, nothing more. I like arena, but the constant team-switching and sitting out are killers on trying to coordinate a winning effort. Modifications need to be made before it can be implemented successful for large groups.
The one thing I'm not terribly wild about with them is the random teams. I thought it would've been fun to have an eGO event where two people get to pick teams to go against each other, but the way it's set up, that's impossible. You can't even get a group of your friends to go play on an arena while being all on one team.
I sort of understand it since you don't want one team being constantly steamrolled, but I think more freedom with the game mode would definitely be a good thing.
